Francis, the comic strip: Synod dancing

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Parishioners pray during Mass at a Catholic church in Vienna in May 2019. Many of the recommendations from the final report of the 2021-24 synod on synodality are already being practiced, the Austrian bishops said in a statement, not least through the 40,000 elected members working in the church's parish councils and asset management boards. (Dreamstime/Marina Novitkaia)
News

Europe's divided church confronts challenge of Vatican synod

ByJonathan Luxmoore
Activists from the Women's Ordination Conference hold a witness on the opening day of the synod on synodality Oct. 2 in sight of the Vatican, with the message "Don't kick the can down the road." The final document did not call for movement on the issue of women deacons but it kept the issue open. (Courtesy of Women's Ordination Conference)
News

Activists frustrated yet hopeful after synod punts on women deacons

ByHeidi Schlumpf
Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the synod, delivers his homily during Mass with synod participants at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Oct. 21.
Opinion, Guest Voices

Synod ends with disappointment and hope

ByThomas Reese, Religion News Service
Members of the General Secretariat of the Synod, from left, Msgr. Riccardo Battocchio and Jesuit Fr. Giacomo Costa, both special secretaries for the synodal assembly; Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, relator general of the synod; and Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the synod, attend a news conference at the Vatican Oct. 26. (CNS/Lola Gomez)
Opinion, Guest Voices

Despite shortcomings on LGBTQ+ people, synod report holds pockets of faith

ByRobert Shine

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